The Food Network was just starting in New York, and I was getting lots of attention from Mesa Grill. They had no money, so if you couldn't get there by subway, you couldn't be on. It was not like TV was something I really wanted to do - but I knew it would be great publicity for my restaurants.;Bobby Flay;food 23514;I was not passionate about food until I do been cooking for a while. I started long before food became part of the mainstream media. I just wanted to cook, period.;Bobby Flay;food 23515;Nobody believed the Food Network could last. Even I was short sighted and thought to myself, 24 hours of food on TV? They will run out of things to talk about in four days! But that was not true. Food Network continues to get better and evolve.;Bobby Flay;food 23516;Do not try to be the next Rachael Ray or Bobby Flay, we already have those people. We want someone who is going to make their own mark on Food Network.

Basically, there are two things we know: Everybody has less time, and the general public is demanding better food - better in terms of quality and better in terms of flavor.

I couldn't relate to kid stuff. Jimmy Does not like me! Who cares? I was worried we did not have gas money or food. Those were my concerns.

I do not let it bother me too much if someone Does not like me. I just figure there is no accounting for taste. It is not me, it is my acting. It is like if someone Does not like someone food, they just do not like my acting.

Well mine is not gimmicky - it is the 6 food groups that God made, and exercising every day. Trying to think positively.

Progress would not have been the rarity it is if the early food had not been the late poison.

The number one mistake is giving pets table scraps. I made the mistake thinking I was showing my dog love by giving her food and treats. You see a tiny 4 oz. piece of cheese, but for a Boston Terrier like mine, that is like one and a half hamburgers. That is unhealthy.

There are times, like after a long day of work, when the thought of an easy drive-through is enticing. But then I remember how crappy I felt when I ate fast food in the past, and it inspires me to head to the grocery store or my local farmer's market and whip up an easy but healthier option.

I have encouraged my kids to eat well from day one. I add flavor - herbs and spices - to everything because I do not want them getting used to starchy, bland food. I also want them to experiment - they do not have to love everything, but they do have to try it.

I try to eat in a way that makes me feel good. If that means a little bite of chocolate I do that, but I try not to use food as a reward for myself.

If there is to be any hope of prosperity for this country it is by reversing that policy which made us simply the kitchen garden for supplying the British with cheap food.

Eating when you are not hungry and taking in that amount of food is exhausting.

Just because the Americans are so good at rattling out accessible and cheap junk food, nobody looks twice when it comes to their food. But there are golden nuggets everywhere.

He looked about as inconspicuous as a tarantula on a slice of angel food.

I am lucky because my dad taught me to be frugal and save. And that is important because I want to know that I do not have to take an acting job for two or three years if I do not want to and that I will still be able to make my house and car payments and buy food for my dogs.

I have worked on films where the budgets are almost limitless and you are in trailers that are bigger than a hotel room. You are taken care of and the food is amazing, the quality of the job is amazing and then you work on smaller things but it never dictates my happiness or my willingness to go to work.

I am your fairy tale. Your dream. Your wishes and desires, and I am your thirst and your hunger and your food and your drink.

The music I do is food... that will be your dinner.

A society that thinks the choice between ways of living is just a choice between equally eligible lifestyles turns universities into academic cafeterias offering junk food for the mind.

I love to cook so much. I like to cook everything. I really like to eat my food.